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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Cenla National Hunting and Fishing Day - Sat., Sept. 28

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will renew
it's celebration of National Hunting and Fishing Day on Saturday,
September 28, 2013.

NHFD is a national event on the fourth Saturday in September. It was
created in 1972 when Congress passed two bills establishing a specific
day to celebrate the conservation contributions of our nation’s hunters
and anglers. LDWF introduced its first NHFD event in 1982 at the Monroe
district office. In the following years, three more locations were
added in Baton Rouge, Minden and Woodworth. Today, more than 10,000
people statewide attend the celebrations.

This free event offers activities
for the entire family such as archery, fishing, fly casting, fly tying, shooting, canoeing,
biking and much more. Visitors can learn about coastal restoration, bird
watching, turkey hunting, game tagging, and much more from various organizations, agencies, and sponsors.

The Cenla NHFD Outdoors
Festival held at the LDWF Woodworth Education Center is the largest in
the state with about 2,000 attendees. There's free food and
refreshments as well, courtesy of Burger King, Coca-Cola and Woodmen of
the World. New this year is the inaugural Woodmen of the World Team
Barbecue Cookoff Contest.

For
2013, the Woodworth event will feature fly fishing courtesy of the Cane
Country Fly Casters and Kisatchie Fly Fishers. There will
be casting, fly tying, knot tying.
Kids and adults will get the opportunity to hands-on lesson in casting,
tying, or knots. If you are interested in anything related to fly
fishing, or even the sport of kayak fishing, be sure to look for our
booth at the Woodworth NHFD Festival.

Meetings

We hold our general meetings at 6:30 pm on the 2nd Monday of each month.

Our meetings are open to the public and visitors are welcome. Our programs range from presentations to fly tying demos to instructional videos to casting instruction and more. We also share fishing reports and tackle tips.